Re: Rack System Safety (UL1950/EN 60950) Questions

1999-03-09 Thread ron_pickard
Peter, Some experiences I have had in past lives follow each of your questions. My responses are brief due to lack of time. I hope this helps. Anyone else, please feel free to comment. Best regards, Ron Pickard ron_pick...@hypercom.com __ Reply Separator

RE: BCIQ, Test Labs

1999-03-09 Thread Barbara Judge
Hi Ron and All, I have delayed posting info because things are still in a little bit of flux. There were meetings in Washington,D.C. on February 11 and 12 with representatives from the US and BCIQ (now BSMI). There has been agreement that once letters have been exchanged between the US and

RE: Rack System Safety (UL1950/EN 60950) Questions

1999-03-09 Thread Jim Eichner
Re Richard's item 5)... 5.UL requires that all internal equipment be UL Listed or Recognized. If that is true, then the value of the CSA/NRTL mark, and conversely the cUL mark if CSA plays this way too, is highly questionable. Do you have a direct-from-UL interpretation saying that they

Re: Rack System Safety (UL1950/EN 60950) Questions

1999-03-09 Thread Rich Nute
Hello Peter: 1. For the North America, does a NEMA 125 V, 20 A plug meet the pluggable B definition? No. The objective of the Pluggable Type B connection is that of a reliable, non-defeatable earth connection. The NEMA 20 A plug uses the same earthing connection as the NEMA 15 A

RE: Rack System Safety (UL1950/EN 60950) Questions

1999-03-09 Thread John Juhasz
Peter, Responses are below each question. (NOTE: The answers to these questions are easily found in the UL 1950 3rd ed. standard). -Original Message- From: pe...@itl.co.il [mailto:pe...@itl.co.il] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 11:26 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org; t...@world.std.com

RE: Rack System Safety (UL1950/EN 60950) Questions

1999-03-09 Thread WOODS, RICHARD
1. Peter, equipment with the standard NEMA plug is considered to be Class A.. 2. Equipment using the heavy duty Industrial plugs complying with IEC are considered to be Class B. I have never seen those used inside rack mounted equipment. 3. If the power supply is UL Listed, then

RE: Awards for Worst EMC/PS qualities

1999-03-09 Thread George, David L
I would agree is the scope was narrowed to worst standards. Dave George -Original Message- From: b...@namg.us.anritsu.com [mailto:b...@namg.us.anritsu.com] Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 11:04 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Awards for Worst EMC/PS qualities Hi Group, We have already

Rack System Safety (UL1950/EN 60950) Questions

1999-03-09 Thread Peter Merguerian
Dear All, I would like to know some of your professional advice on some issues reagrding rack systems to be evaluated to UL1950/EN 60 950. 1. For the North America, does a NEMA 125 V, 20 A plug meet the pluggable B definition? 2. What are some plug configurations which will meet the

Indonesian Requirements for Voice Messaging Systems

1999-03-09 Thread Peter Merguerian
Dear All, Can you help in determining what the applicable requirements (safety, emc, telephony, other ) for marketing voice messaging systems in Indonesia? Thanks and Best Regrads, PETER S. MERGUERIAN MANAGING DIRECTOR PRODUCT TESTING DIVISION I.T.L. (PRODUCT TESTING) LTD. HACHAROSHET 26,

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1999-03-09 Thread Lou Gnecco
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double ridged horn antenna design

1999-03-09 Thread Rossi Giuseppe
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RE: Flight restrictions

1999-03-09 Thread Kevin Richardson
In Australia, domestically and on most international routes, mobile phones are not to be turned on or used while in flight at all. Other electronic devices such as laptops, electronic games, video cameras etc are permitted to be used but only after reaching cruise altitude (ie not to be used

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Re: High voltage fuse and holder

1999-03-09 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Moshe: I need fuses and fuse holders for 10kV line. Can someone tell me who is making these (or what are other altenatives to current limiting on high voltage lines)? 10 kV fuses are BIG! I checked the Littlefuse web site and found a medium voltage fuse rated 14,400 volts, 0.5

Re: LED safety

1999-03-09 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Moshe: Can someone enlighten me on the status of safety of using LED's as indicators. Are they still to be suspected as radiation sources (60825) and what should I do in the design (?) to prove them safe? EN 60950 Amd 11 invokes EN 60825. EN 60825 applies to ALL lasers

Product Liability Prevention competition

1999-03-09 Thread Peter E. Perkins
PSNet Well, group, I hope that we're ready for the competition... or align our activities with the Quality dept in a hurry... anyway, this ought to generate some comments... At the upcoming spring Quality session in Chicago area... (hmmm, didn't save the entire conference

BCIQ, Test Labs

1999-03-09 Thread ron_pickard
To all, I have just heard that by 6/99 the BCIQ will be departing from requiring EMC testing only at approved labs to accepting test data from labs in countries where an MRA exists. These labs must have NVLAP or similar accreditations. I have also heard that a US-Taiwan MRA is now in

Argentina's Resolution 92

1999-03-09 Thread WOODS, RICHARD
Per Resolution 92, Argentina was scheduled to require a Conformity-to-Type Certificate for electronic apparatus effective 18 June, 1999. The problem, of course, was that when the resolution was published they did not have the infrastructure nor MRAs in place to accomplish this task. Has